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Meet the Band

Season 2024 Episode 3 | 12m 17s

Meet the members of the Mambo Legends Orchestra including Mitch Frohman and Carmen Laboy. The band provides a link to the golden era when the Machito Orchestra fused the big-band sound of popular music with the rhythms of Africa, Cuba, and Puerto Rico to create an enduring musical genre beloved around the world.

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